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Deep in Tanzania’s Gombe Stream National Park, where Jane Goodall began her pioneering work, epic and startling dramas worthy of Shakespeare are lived out by chimpanzees and gorillas. In a kingdom where “royal” families rule with tolerance and battle fiercely, seethe with resentment and love tenderly, power players endlessly jockey for position in the quest for the throne..

National Geographic follows the story of their ruling dynasties and reveals the triumphs and tragedies in their wildly entertaining lives.

Contains Brother vs. Brother and Clash of the Kings. Special Features: Chimps: Next of Kin

Explore the ruins of the most highly developed civilization in the jungles of Mexico and Central America that mysteriously collapsed more than a thousand years ago. You'll hear the startling story of the kingdom's downfall and witness ancient rituals re-enacted on sites where they originally occurred.

Going Ape looks to our primate predecessors to understand human interaction and social dynamics. Not only do humans share 98 percent of our genetic code with our closest ape relatives, we also share some of the same inherent basic instincts.

Travel to the heartlands of Africa to witness amazing wildlife and stunning landscapes through the eyes of world-renowned National Geographic photographers and filmmakers. Through extraordinary close-up encounters, see first-hand how gorillas and other African wildlife survive and thrive in their unforgiving habitats.

Blue whales are the largest animals to ever live on earth, yet they are difficult to find or track. Even some of the locations where they birth their young are great secrets. Join some of the world's eminent blue whale scientists as they embark on a revolutionary mission to identify and tag California blue whales as they migrate to a spot known as the Costa Rica Dome. This incredible voyage yields unforgettable new footage and insight into these amazing creatures' lives.

Chimpanzees are our closest genetic relatives, with DNA over 98% the same as ours. They can learn from those around them in ways many other animals can'tand when they're captive, they become even more human-like. But is a new form of chimp adapting to captivity?

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This amazing series showcases the strangest, freakiest, weirdest, and just plain "out of this world" behaviors in the animal kingdom. From animals that develop their babies in their mothers back skin; to strange adaptations that enable creatures to survive in extreme environments; to alien-looking body parts and camouflage, this series will cover it all. Each episode focuses on a single environment (land; sea; air).

n July 2007 a haunting photo made it out of the Democratic Republic of the Congo shocking the entire world. Six members of a family of rare mountain gorillas were shot to death at point blank range. Why would anyone kill these charismatic and highly endangered creatures? With only an estimated 720 wild mountain gorillas left on the planethalf of them caught in the middle of a war zonetime is running out. This is the story of a land under siege and a team of park rangers that is fighting back, risking their lives to save one of the world's most endangered species. Part natural history and part whodunit, Gorilla Murders follows the dramatic story of the race to catch the perpetrators and save the remaining gorillas.

The dog is the ultimate human creation. With 400 breeds and counting, the dog is more varied in size and behavior than any other species on the planet. National Geographic looks at man's evolutionary manipulation of dogs' appearance, talents and temperamentand the accelerating efforts to create breeds to suit our needs (more than 80 percent of today's breeds did not exist 150 years ago). From desirable traits like supersensitive hearing and smell to the unintended consequences of genetic diseases, learn how nature and man have partnered to deliberately create new and specialized versions of man's best friend.

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